Immortal Martial Arts: Marry a Wife and Live a Long Life

Chapter 38: Scapegoat

Silence.

"Cough cough~ Who are you?"

Cui Ping stared intently at the person across from him. He could sense someone there, but they had been hiding, which made him itch with anger.

Even though he was heavily injured, the enemy was still lurking. How tenacious they were.

"Which Fellow Daoist is here? Please come out for a chat."

"Fellow Daoist, we had no grievances in the past and no enmity recently. Why resort to deadly force?"

"Fellow Daoist. Fellow Daoist, are you here for Lin Yiyin? I am willing to release her and compensate with thirty thousand low-grade spirit stones."

"..."

Seeing the enemy's silence, a thought flashed through Cui Ping's mind. While secretly healing his injuries and trying to restore his strength, he spoke to stabilize the person and wait for reinforcements.

"Fellow Daoist, who sent you to kill me? I am willing to pay five times the price." Cui Ping wanted to continue speaking, but before he could finish, a sword light slashed towards him.

"Buzz!"

The brilliant sword light, like the setting sun, brought boundless killing intent, sweeping away all directions.

Cui Ping wanted to buy time, while Han Li wanted to lower Cui Ping's guard and seize the opportunity to strike. Who wanted to waste time talking?

Han Li knew a truth well: villains die from talking too much!

As the sword light approached, Cui Ping immediately reacted. He activated his cultivation technique to the extreme, and his majestic true essence condensed into a solid barrier, protecting him within.

Boom boom boom!

The mighty sword qi attacked, sweeping in all directions, annihilating everything. The true essence barrier shattered in less than two breaths, but it bought Cui Ping some time.

He formed hand seals with his right hand and then fiercely struck forward. A giant palm print formed by a large amount of true essence condensed, with the interplay of yin and yang, destroying all the sword qi, seemingly possessing the power to destroy heaven and earth.

One of the Yin-Yang Dao's ultimate techniques: Yin-Yang Great Palm Print!

At the same time, Cui Ping didn't hesitate. He gritted his teeth and used a secret technique, causing his aura to surge, restoring his strength to its peak.

He didn't look at the result, knowing that the Yin-Yang Great Palm Print couldn't kill the person known as Old Six. After all, he had only learned the upper half of the technique. So he immediately fled.

This battle lasted less than two minutes. If there were reinforcements, they would have arrived long ago. The fact that there was no movement meant they either didn't want to come or couldn't come.

If he didn't escape now, he would truly die here.

At this moment, the sword light flickered again, cutting through the Yin-Yang Great Palm Print. Han Li saw Cui Ping escape a distance.

Without hesitation, he chased after him with his sword, quickly catching up to Cui Ping. Sword qi filled the air, forcing Cui Ping to fight.

Cui Ping's eyes were bloodshot. He didn't want to fight. Every moment was consuming his lifespan, and he realized that he couldn't defeat this enemy even in his peak state.

This person not only had higher cultivation strength than him but was also extremely cunning.

The battle quickly came to an end. Han Li ended Cui Ping's life with a single sword strike, then took his spatial ring and immediately disappeared from the scene.

This battle shook the major forces in True One City. All the powerful cultivators and Sea Opening Realm experts who paid attention to the Cui Family were shocked. Cui Ping, who had been wreaking havoc in True One City for fifty years, was dead.

Although there were suspicions of an ambush, the fact remained that this person single-handedly killed Cui Ping, who was in the later stage of the Vital Spirit Realm. The whole process took no more than the time it takes to brew a cup of tea. This level of strength was at least at the eighth or even ninth level of the Vital Spirit Realm.

The two high-level cultivators who wanted to help before sighed. Cui Pingyu had provoked such powerful cultivators, so his death was not unjust.

When the two Vital Spirit Realm cultivators from the Great Qian Dynasty arrived together and stood above the Cui residence, Han Li had already disappeared with Lin Yiyin.

"They're very strong!"

This was the conclusion reached by the two cultivators as they observed the battlefield.

Even from a distance, they knew that the cultivator who attacked Cui Pingyu was very strong. Now, after taking a closer look, they realized that he was even stronger than they had expected.

"When did our Zhenyi City have a Vital Spirit Realm cultivator at the ninth level who excels in swordsmanship?" pondered the city lord of Zhenyi City.

The general, dressed in armor and with a scruffy beard, shook his head and said, "It should be a strong cultivator from one of the other prefectures in Leizhou. I wonder how Cui Pingyu managed to provoke him."

"Serves him right! I've wanted to kill him for a long time," the city lord sneered. He had always disliked Cui Pingyu but hadn't dared to take action.

Cui Pingyu had been in Zhenyi City for fifty years and had always followed the rules, making it difficult for the city lord to find an opportunity to strike. If he had randomly killed Cui Pingyu, it would have openly provoked the Yin-Yang Dao and the Great Qian Dynasty, a responsibility he couldn't bear.

Cui Pingyu had only committed minor offenses in Zhenyi City, at most capturing some beautiful female cultivators below the Sea Opening Realm for cultivation purposes. He didn't capture those with backgrounds. Such trivial matters shouldn't have caused trouble with a Vital Spirit Realm cultivator. It had truly disgusted the city lord for fifty years.

Now that Cui Pingyu had been killed, he clapped his hands in approval. The fly had finally died, and he no longer felt a lump in his throat. He also didn't have to constantly guard against infiltration from the Endless Pleasure Sect.

The general nodded, a smile appearing on his face. As strong cultivators of the Great Qian Dynasty, they had long wanted to kill Cui Pingyu.

"What should we do now?" the general asked the city lord.

The city lord understood his meaning. With the death of a late-stage Vital Spirit Realm cultivator, the Endless Pleasure Sect would definitely investigate, and they would have to provide an explanation.

As for them watching Cui Pingyu being killed, so what? They weren't obligated to help!

The Endless Pleasure Sect couldn't do anything to them, they could only make a note of it.

The city lord's gaze returned to the battlefield, and suddenly his eyes lit up with a smile. "I have an idea."

He reached out his hand, and a black cloth fell onto him. The city lord casually threw it to the general and then left with a big laugh.

The general took a look and found a white lotus pattern on the black cloth. He also burst into laughter, understanding the city lord's intentions.

They didn't care whether this cloth had been torn off during the battle or deliberately left behind by the cultivator. Either way, it could be used to explain things.

They could just push everything onto the White Lotus Society.

The White Lotus Society still had an Eternal Matriarch at the Myriad Manifestations Realm and a late-stage Empty Void Realm King of Dharma. They were fully capable of killing a late-stage Vital Spirit Realm cultivator.

As for why the White Lotus Society wanted to kill Cui Pingyu and what grievances there were between the two sides, they couldn't be bothered. They could investigate it themselves.

It would be best if the White Lotus Society and the Endless Pleasure Sect clashed, dragging the Yin-Yang Dao and the mysterious forces behind the White Lotus Society into it. They could have several major battles, with some real people, grandmasters, and great grandmasters dying. That would be perfect.

That night, the news spread. The entire Zhenyi City knew about it, and it continued to spread throughout Leizhou.

The families and forces in Zhenyi City breathed a sigh of relief when they learned that the notorious Cui Pingyu had died. They were somewhat grateful to the White Lotus Society for taking the blame. Cui Pingyu had caused them great suffering, but they couldn't resist him.

The secret stronghold of the Endless Pleasure Sect in Zhenyi City also received the news. The person in charge was shocked and immediately sent the news back to the Endless Pleasure Sect, causing great anger and surprise.

As time passed, the various prefectures in Leizhou learned of the news. They weren't concerned about Cui Pingyu's death, but rather whether it was the White Lotus Society's doing.

If it was the White Lotus Society, had they already infiltrated Leizhou?

This made the various prefectures in Leizhou feel somewhat insecure. However, after a while, they realized that the Leizhou authorities hadn't made any moves, and their worries subsided.

If the Eternal Matriarch and the White Lotus Society's King of Dharma really came to Leizhou, the first ones who couldn't sit still would be the Leizhou authorities. They would have long gathered the major forces to besiege them.

(End of this chapter)